January stats and recent newsletter
- This thread asked: OzBargain Deal Thread - Most Posts by a Single Member on a Single Thread? and the answer is hamza23 with 2840 comments on the (Amazon AU / Amazon AU Warehouse) Insufficient Quantity Deals (Post Your Low Quantity Deals Here) forum post!
Speaking of staff members, it's probably a good PSA to remind everyone of all the moderators/staff here:
Staff (18/3/25):
- scotty - founder, admin, dev, in the process of retiring..but still here. See AMA
- moocher - dev & admin along with moderation.
- hamza23
- neil (hello)
- scrimshaw
- RichardL
- alvian
The majority of staff are long time OzBargainers who were promoted to power users (mostly) and then onto moderators. The vast majority of our time is spent fixing up titles & tags as well as investigating dishonest posters. We have no physical office but imagine if we did how much Amazon & Catch stuff we'd be hoarding in there right now.
Another stats request from here which was what user has posted the most ever deals in a month.
Well let's do all types of posts.
- Competitions: gnv9 with 511 comp posts in March of 2017.
- Forums: tightarse with 41 forum posts in May 2014.
- Deals: Lysander with 286 in June 2021.
We had a lot of traffic this month come in to see what Panda Mart was. Albeit it wasn't a popular deal on OzBargain, it was a way too popular deal in real life with huge lines(reddit.com) and a warning by Energy Safe Victoria to return products as they don't meet product safety laws(news.com.au).
Members
- @slipkord for posting 358 deal posts (total) with helpful information and providing many helpful comments in other posts. e.g. this and this, this. First time winner for someone who has been on the site for 11 years!
- @Deals4all for the most clicked deal Additional 40% off Selected Items + Delivery (Free Delivery for OnePass Members) @ Catch with 414 votes and 28349 clicks. If only OzBargainers didn’t FOMO, they would have scored 50% off at Catch
- @9999fine for posting the most popular competition, Win an Apple iPad Air M2 128GB 11" Tablet Worth $997 from SBS. They have been posting competitions for 11 years. One of the true OG compers.
- @ozvictor for posting the
most popular dealfastest deal to the front page at 17.02 minutes (by a non-rep, sorry TA), NutriBullet 600W Blender Mega Pack $37 In-Store Only @ Kmart
Congrats!
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Dark Mode Adjustments (Set the default theme for guest user to be "light" regardless of device settings)
- Prevent new newsletter sign-ups from icloud email addresses. (icloud keeps blocking emails).
- New page to allow newsletter subscribers to update email address.
- Simplifying referral guidelines.
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 3861 (avg: 1 report every ~10 minutes) || December 2024: 5302 || January 2024: 4566
| Category | Published | Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Deals | 2168 | 229 |
| Forum | 763 | 71 |
| Classified | 695 | 27 |
| Competition | 407 | 8 |
| Reason | Count |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 71 |
| Spam | 34 |
| Requested by OP | 26 |
| Referral spam | 18 |
| No bargain listed | 18 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 15 |
| Insufficient quantity | 14 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 12 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 11 |
| Sockpuppeting | 9 |
| Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines | 8 |
| Combined posts | 8 |
| Lack of business details | 8 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 8 |
| Requested by TradieBrokers | 6 |
| Unobtainable deal | 6 |
| Post in classifieds | 6 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 5 |
| Account Issue | 4 |
| Out of stock on posting | 4 |
| Deal not active | 4 |
| Not available to Australia | 4 |
| Post as a deal | 3 |
| Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines | 3 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 3 |
| Competitions are not bargains | 3 |
| Classifieds requirements not met | 2 |
| Upcoming Woolworths catalogue specials can only be… | 2 |
| One off unique code | 2 |
| Joke post | 2 |
| Use referral system | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 93 | 82.49 |
| trixieb | 48 | 51.67 |
| shxhshzhz | 25 | 102.52 |
| Clear | 24 | 70.62 |
| nocure | 21 | 32.10 |
| save50 | 21 | 27.62 |
| Fat Horny Ghost | 19 | 30.47 |
| HamBoi69 | 18 | 103.22 |
| 456 | 15 | 260.00 |
| hamza23 | 15 | 54.13 |
Top Deal Posters
nocure (5711 deals) +30
Lysander (5430 deals)
456 (5047 deals) +14
save50 (4519 deals) +19
tightarse (4026 deals) +5
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Flutterby | 6 | 18.50 |
| HClearance | 4 | 3.75 |
| DTaylor | 3 | 19.33 |
| amazon | 3 | 5.00 |
| Deus ex machina | 2 | 45.50 |
| omahgah | 2 | 32.50 |
| Stevejobsdad | 2 | 27.00 |
| Lasoo | 2 | 20.00 |
| wrwet100 | 2 | 10.50 |
| Doc888 | 2 | 9.50 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 73 | 99.29 |
| trixieb | 23 | 90.87 |
| shxhshzhz | 21 | 119.14 |
| Clear | 17 | 93.18 |
| 456 | 15 | 260.00 |
| HamBoi69 | 15 | 118.87 |
| nocure | 9 | 53.67 |
| hamza23 | 8 | 87.88 |
| RichardL | 8 | 84.00 |
| ozvictor | 7 | 117.71 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| beatthatflight | 6 | 67.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Nebula PC | 5 | 86.20 | 115 | 0 |
| IWantThatFlight | 5 | 48.00 | 2 | 0 |
| LimeBlueCoffee | 4 | 57.50 | 71 | 0 |
| thebeep | 3 | 72.00 | 0 | 0 |
| thydzik | 3 | 70.67 | 20 | 16 |
| Jabob | 3 | 66.00 | 17 | 1 |
| siptalk | 2 | 103.50 | 129 | 0 |
| GalaPower | 2 | 98.50 | 5 | 0 |
| jason101 | 2 | 39.00 | 24 | 7 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| shaneb | 162 | 11.51 |
| TruePursuit | 69 | 5.13 |
| Phalaxis | 65 | 17.45 |
| neil | 36 | 9.11 |
| Katie2014 | 10 | 10.10 |
| Gold Pan | 9 | 2.89 |
| originaloa | 5 | 0.20 |
| Lele | 4 | 8.00 |
| loveyoulooongtime | 4 | 5.50 |
| FoBoT | 4 | 5.00 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| WookieMonster | 291 | 276 |
| Twix | 260 | 237 |
| Baysew | 199 | 195 |
| tonester | 47 | 39 |
| TakaHas | 23 | 22 |
| rompastompa | 13 | 13 |
| aether | 12 | 12 |
| O O | 8 | 8 |
| bossmode | 8 | 8 |
| donga100 | 7 | 7 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 903 | 0.35 | 71 | 13 | 68 | 13 |
| wisdomtooth | 735 | 0.37 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Protractor | 676 | 0.55 | 41 | 9 | 20 | 4 |
| MS Paint | 421 | 4.13 | 79 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 400 | 3.09 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| CyberMurning | 375 | 0.10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| trixieb | 343 | 0.70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CodeXD | 330 | 1.82 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Clear | 323 | 1.49 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| G-rig | 279 | 0.61 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| What sort pal? No. I | 211 | jv | 2025-01-07 |
| FFS, was waiting thought | 181 | Fredfloresjr | 2025-01-07 |
| Honestly can your wife | 168 | DingoBilly | 2025-01-11 |
| Lesson learned. Next time | 166 | Bruceflix | 2025-01-03 |
| sob story for someone who | 150 | askbargain | 2025-01-10 |
| Holy heck, is that how much | 148 | tommypickles | 2025-01-24 |
| Never buy anything ever | 138 | Gdsamp | 2025-01-13 |
| Way too much overuse of scam | 133 | Dollar General | 2025-01-04 |
| I personally think it's | 129 | MS Paint | 2025-01-15 |
| Going for the record of most | 128 | spackbace | 2025-01-06 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Such an unnecessary comment | -150 | MEGASERVE | 2025-01-24 |
| People actually pay for this | -144 | bigpoppa | 2025-01-10 |
| another PoS brand that won't | -114 | chadleyshe | 2025-01-14 |
| So buy one if you like it | -87 | Mr Bob Dobalina | 2025-01-04 |
| This is not a deal, its RRP. | -74 | Churna | 2025-01-20 |
| Epic Games has The Bridge | -62 | St Nick | 2025-01-03 |
| ?? I am calm. I'm just | -62 | Mr Bob Dobalina | 2025-01-04 |
| Look if amazon is that bad, | -62 | CyberMurning | 2025-01-27 |
| Let the TDS flow. | -60 | furiousgeorge | 2025-01-20 |
| Is my second battery | -57 | easternculture | 2025-01-22 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 59 | 60 | jv | 2025-01-06 |
| I don't care about his | 30 | 30 | zjz93 | 2025-01-10 |
| yes too late now after the | 21 | 23 | MaxHashrate | 2025-01-16 |
| Oooh stalk me harder daddy. | 20 | 19 | henno | 2025-01-07 |
| It's because of new model, | 20 | 18 | ncm | 2025-01-10 |
| It's what crosses her lips | 17 | 16 | Protractor | 2025-01-11 |
| Being overweight by choice | 17 | 19 | Protractor | 2025-01-11 |
| battery life goes from 50 | 15 | 16 | 9674784 | 2025-01-04 |
| YouTube Revanced and Spotify | 15 | 14 | nicholasv | 2025-01-31 |
| I hope OP does take this | 14 | 15 | Dr Phil | 2025-01-03 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 59 | 60 | jv | 2025-01-06 |
| Thanks for that Bruce mate. | 32 | 35 | cannedhams | 2025-01-10 |
| Is that for Hunter Biden and | 26 | 30 | Don5252 | 2025-01-16 |
| yes too late now after the | 21 | 23 | MaxHashrate | 2025-01-16 |
| It's because of new model, | 20 | 18 | ncm | 2025-01-10 |
| Oooh stalk me harder daddy. | 20 | 19 | henno | 2025-01-07 |
| It's what crosses her lips | 17 | 16 | Protractor | 2025-01-11 |
| Being overweight by choice | 17 | 19 | Protractor | 2025-01-11 |
| I'm going to go out on a | 16 | 13 | JakeyJooJoo | 2025-01-02 |
| battery life goes from 50 | 15 | 16 | 9674784 | 2025-01-04 |
Comments with a net vote of + or - 20% with pos vote count of 10 or more.
["K:D"] highest vote average with minimum 100 comments and also 50 comments.
100 comments
| User | Comments | Vote Average |
|---|---|---|
| Dollar General | 105 | 6.71 |
| mskeggs | 128 | 5.48 |
| Bruceflix | 207 | 4.30 |
| pegaxs | 164 | 4.22 |
| MS Paint | 422 | 4.15 |
| brendanm | 110 | 4.11 |
| askbargain | 122 | 3.63 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 104 | 3.56 |
| PainToad | 195 | 3.51 |
| Gdsamp | 121 | 3.45 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Vote Average |
|---|---|---|
| SBOB | 63 | 9.59 |
| Dollar General | 105 | 6.71 |
| Fredfloresjr | 78 | 5.62 |
| shxhshzhz | 73 | 5.56 |
| mskeggs | 128 | 5.48 |
| Sye | 50 | 4.70 |
| Bruceflix | 207 | 4.30 |
| pegaxs | 164 | 4.22 |
| MS Paint | 422 | 4.15 |
| El cheepo | 54 | 4.13 |
Deals
Top 10 fastest deals to the front page
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
Top 10 most popular deals by votes
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
Most Clicked Deals
Top 10 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
Most Popular Deals by Category
Top 10 most popular freebie deals by votes
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 40 | December: 61
Competition Pageviews: 350,267 | December: 376,144
- Comps Posted: 407 | December: 537
- Biggest Winner: Win 1 of 8 Holiday Gift Packs Worth over $60,000 from International Traveller
Social Media
Instagram:
- 17,690 +69 followers
- Male 38.2%, Female 61.8% (vs. Male: 71% Female: 29% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 37.3% (vs. 35.37% for OzBargain)
- Link Clicks 8931 +56.4%
Other stats
Top 10 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews, excluding help pages)
| Wiki Page | Views |
|---|---|
| List of Birthday deals/freebies | 18,058 |
| Discounted eGift Cards | 11,387 |
| Debit & Credit Cards with No International Fees | 4,602 |
| Gift Cards - FAQ | 3,905 |
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
| Store | Views |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 66,597 |
| eBay Australia | 17,024 |
| Amazon AU | 12,390 |
| KFC Australia | 11,441 |
| AliExpress | 9,176 |
| Sydney Airport | 8,144 |
| Uber Eats | 8,124 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 7,402 |
| DoorDash | 7,084 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 6,922 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 202 | 38.77 |
| Kmart | 60 | 75.68 |
| Steam | 55 | 80.49 |
| Coles | 53 | 42.06 |
| Catch.com.au | 46 | 46.57 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 44 | 60.34 |
| ShopBack AU | 42 | 31.19 |
| Woolworths | 40 | 52.48 |
| Costco Wholesale | 40 | 36.77 |
| TopCashback AU | 31 | 50.42 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | 889 |
| UNIQLO | 771 |
| Amino Z | 752 |
| AmEx Statement Offers | 636 |
| Amazon AU | 609 |
| Cashrewards | 539 |
| ShopBack AU | 518 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 499 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 496 |
| Qantas | 474 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Reddit(reddit.com) 49,576
- Facebook(facebook.com) - 46,032
- Whirlpool(whirlpool.net.au) - 43,956
- Oursteps(oursteps.com.au) - 17,559
- Instagram(instagram.com) - 9,951
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
| Browser | % |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 50.63% |
| Safari | 24.20% |
| Ozbargain Android App | 8.17% |
| Edge | 6.53% |
| Firefox | 4.19% |
| Samsung Internet | 3.05% |
| Safari (in-app) | 1.88% |
| Android Webview | 0.81% |
| Opera | 0.51% |
| Amazon Silk | 0.02% |
Top 10 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| TopCashback AU | 4231 |
| Cashrewards | 3944 |
| ShopBack AU | 3770 |
| American Express | 2055 |
| Up Bank | 1747 |
| Wise | 1671 |
| Uber Eats | 1531 |
| Catch.com.au | 1490 |
| Superloop | 1339 |
| ubank | 1327 |
Google Search Console(search.google.com):
Top Growing Content
[VIC] 20% off Storewide @ Panda Mart, Cranbourne
Top Search queries: panda mart cranbourne, panda mart, pandamart, panda mart cranbourne photos
+4,539
Kayo Sports
Top Search queries: kayo deals, kayo discount, kayo offers, kayo deal
+187%
[NSW] KFC Zinger Banh Mi Wrap $9.95 @ KFC (Newcastle Area Only)
Top Search queries: kfc banh mi, zinger banh mi, kfc bahn mi, kfc banh mi australia
+1,914
Trending queries
panda mart cranbourne
+1,218 clickspanda mart
+962 clickspandamart
+909 clickskayo deals
+806 clicksjetstar promo code
+697 clicks
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2168 || December 2024: 2836 || January 2024: 2596
- Total number of deals: 502,921 || Total number of forum topics: 135,364 || Total number of competitions: 67,141
- Number of Freebies posted: 115
- Comments posted: 98,601 || December 2024: 101,155 || January 2024: 117,891
- Total comments posted: 16,328,291 comments
- % of removed comments: 2.66% || December 2.10% || January 2024 2.29%
- Overall traffic: 11,810,094 sessions, 36,041,402 pageviews || December 2024: 12,750,099 sessions, 40,568,079 pageviews || January 2024: 13,748,085 sessions, 40,072,897 pageviews
- New users: 4422 Total number of users: 464,681
% of rep posts: 11.83% || December: 11.13% || January 2024: 11.13%
User Age:
| Age | Users |
|---|---|
| 18-24 | 19.94% |
| 25-34 | 31.03% |
| 35-44 | 31.15% |
| 45-54 | 12.98% |
| 55-64 | 4.90% |
| 65+ | 2.57% |
- Male: 69.2% Female: 30.8% || December: Male: 71% Female: 29% || January 2024: Male: 71% Female: 29%
- # of stores in referral system: 777 +6
- # of banned websites: 8349 -4
- Newsletter subscribers: 147684 +2305 (64% with accounts)
Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page
Dry Sweat Jacket $19.90 (Was $59.90, Size XXS & XXL) + $7.95 Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ $75 Order) @ UNIQLO (11,464 clicks)
Most neg'd deal
Bankwest Qantas World MasterCard: 80,000 Qantas Points within 7 Months (after $35,000 Spend in 5 Months), $320 Annual Fee (-17 votes)
Most commented deal
Pre Order: 20% off Samsung Galaxy S25 Range + Bonus Discounts: e.g. $150 Trade-in @ Samsung Edu & EPP Stores (5,250 comments)
How long does it take to make each monthly report post?